A SCUBA survey of bright-rimmed clouds

2007/11/05 by L. K. Morgan, M. A. Thompson, J. S. Urquhart +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078104

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Abstract

Context.Bright-rimmed clouds (BRCs) are potential examples of triggered star formation regions, in which photoionisation driven shocks caused by the expansion of HII regions induce protostellar collapse within the clouds.

Citations

• The NRAO VLA Sky Survey
• A maximum correlation method for image construction of IRAS survey data
• High-mass star formation within the bright-rimmed cloud SFO 79
• SCUBA: A common-user submillimetre camera operating on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

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